I talk about everything that i have experienced with Alopecia plus all my continued research on all the best ways to look amazing and feel great. I will put up posts about everything Alopecia related and this blog will be packed full of my Alopecia Beauty Tips Please feel free to contact me If you have any suggestions or requests. You can do so on aimee@alopeciabeautytips.com

Sunday, 10 June 2012

In my early years of wearing a wig I found telling new friends I had Alopecia a bit tricky. I wanted to be able to tell new friends in a confident, casually drop into conversation kinda way.... but this rarely happened.

Talking to the friends I have known for years before wearing wigs was so much easier. Occasionally my Alopecia came up in conversation but it was never the main focus as there is so much more to me and our friendship than just my Alopecia.

When telling new friends, I would either find it too upsetting or I just wanted to feel normal and have girly conversations about hair... not ruin the moment buy bring up my hair (or lack of) even if the perfect opportunity presented itself. I also felt after telling some people it made them feel uncomfortable and they did not know how to react.

In other instances it would be all people wanted to know about... people would want to know more about my Alopecia and not about me as a person.

To bring Alopecia up too soon in a new friendship felt like it defined who I was as a person.

The way I handle discussing my Alopecia now is by talking to those I trust. After having Alopecia for the past 15 years, appearing on national TV and papers, I am a lot more comfortable talking about my Alopecia yet it is still not the first thing I want people to know when they meet me.

Please visit my website www.alopeciabeautytips.com where you can see how my story has been in the Daily Mail, GMTV with Lorraine Kelly, Marie Claire and how i have worked with the little princess trust charity and Trevor Sorbies Charity 'My New Hair'